Talk about free and easy! Loved working with this super couple, Koen & Judith. The shoot was planned on the Brienenoord Island.

As always I am nervous just before a shoot and I can imagine what my couple must feel like when we meet and start out. Realizing that my couple trusts me enough to share their special moments, from the start of simple silly laughter, to the slightly more serious and then the ‘close & personal’ Design Moments is awesome.

Koen shows me a concrete block, he climbs on top of it, grabs his guitar and sings a love song for Judith. She decides to climb up too, and is rewarded with a huge kiss and hug. Their love for each other is tangible, and they are literally flying. Further on Koen sees a huge felled tree, he challenges Judith to walk on it with him, she accepts and masters the challenge!

Question I asked Koen, what, if he could, would he do over again? His proposal to Judith. Previously it did not really work out the way he wanted to do it. Without hesitation he got down onto one knee, proposed and as he slid the ring on her finger a little car screeched to a halt, the passengers were hooting, shouting, whistling and wolf howling, how cute is that?

Koen was so happy he jumped up, grabbed a branch and hung there like smiling from ear to ear! The two of them are hopping and skipping across the island, they see a lovely place to have a picnic. Judith want to change her dress. Faithfully Koen holds up the picnic cloth so that she can change unashamedly. Next the cloth is strategically placed in front of some divine purple flowers in the long green grass. I back off to give them some space and these two are in their own romantic world. Whooohooo I get some gorgeous shots of them, they are so in love! After a little while Koen & Judith realize that it’s getting dark and we need to move on.

Suddenly Judith sees a large pole, they need that for their kittens, they both grab it, sling it over their shoulders, blue shoes and picnic cloth hanging over it, off they march. This pole just-just fits into their car.

Next moment Koen is hanging from the metal damn wall, a few inches above the water! He is proclaiming his love for Judith to the ends of the world! Right there by some ladybirds! She lends a helping hand to get him back up. Koen sees another pole, wants to climb, manages to balance on top of it, smiling at Judith, the love of his life, with her hands she makes a ‘heart’ gesture towards him. The background is gorgeous, like nature painted it specially for them.

Then we are done, and I asked them how they experienced the shoot, they were so enthusiastic, it’s not like anything they imagined, much better, romantic and special time for themselves, they were so enthusiastic!

Later when I am embroidering around my pixels at home I am once again thankful Koen and Judith, for your trust in me. Wow! Cannot wait for your wedding, it promises to be a super day with a gorgeous, fun-loving couple. (Learning to use the Moment Design Invites are so worth it, it naturally brings out the best in my clients, they enjoyed their session and have so much valuable fun-loving time it causes my enthusiasm to grow even more. I also had the privilege of taking along a second shooter, for the first time, quite an eye opener, hope you enjoyed it too Dean) Thank you!